Hi
A quick story about my latest little project.
The kids borrowed the sensible car (Hyundai i30, FD, wagon) for a New Years camping trip. Among the gear taken was a 20L water container with an external Tap.
During the pack up to come home, the water container was put on the floor behind the drivers seat. Unknown to them, the tap had been knocked and was leaking. A While later the driver noticed wet feet and pulled over to investigate. Tap fixed and water mopped up. All good to go.
Three days later, I got time to check the car over. Pulled off some door trims and slipped my hand under the carpets. Puddles of water found. Oh well, looks like I'm going to learn how to strip the carpet out of the car to dry it out.
Disconnected the battery and left it over night before proceeding as I was worried about getting the Airbag warning light up after the front seats had been removed. It took about 4 hours to get the seats, center console and carpets out. One hour of that was getting the console out. Ended up on the internet and finally discovered where to take it apart and get the last two screws.
Mopped up another 5 Liters of water from the floor. Wet paddling on the carpet and saturated foam padding in the car.
The next couple of days were rainy, so we had the carpet in the lounge and a fan heater drying the foam rubber padding on the fire wall. I really wanted to remove this padding, but that would have required removing the complete dash. Not a job I wanted to do. A day of heater and a day of dehumidifier and the car was dry.
It took 2 hours to reassemble the car this morning. Its amazing how much of it just clicks together. Connected the battery and started the car. All but one warning light went out, dam and disappointment. I don't have anything to reset warning lights on the Hyundai. Car was started and stopped a couple of times but the warning light remained. Looked at the warning light and the brain clicked, it was a traction control light not an airbag light. Maybe it just needs a quick drive for the wheel sensors, computer etc to sort themselves out. It worked, the light was out within 100 m of the house. Job completed.
Accidents like the split water happen. Its lucky that I like taking cars apart and putting them back together. Pleased that we didn't have to pay someone to do it.
